Luella
- Pronunciation
- [Lue-lla]
- Gender
- Female
- Meaning
- Famous Elf
- Origin
- English
Luella Popularity Snapshot
Across the entire US Social Security Administration record (1880–2024), 32,252 baby girls have been named Luella. The name peaked in 1918 with 949 US births that year (rank #203). In 2024, ranked #827 nationally — 624 places below its 1918 peak.
Top States for Luella
Based on 1910–2024 US SSA state-level records, the three states with the most Luella births are: Minnesota (1,662), Ohio (1,502), Michigan (1,473).
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6-Letter Names Starting with L
Names with Luella's exact length and starting letter: La Row, Labaan, Lacene, Lachie, Lacina.
Quick Facts About Luella
US Popularity History (2017–2025)
Annual US births named Luella by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2025 with 349 girls named Luella (girl rank #780 that year).
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
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Where in the US Is Luella Most Popular?
Average girl-name rank within each state across 2016–2025 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's girls-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Luella the strongest states are South Dakota, North Dakota, Minnesota.
Strongest girls-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Dakota | #179 | 27 |
| 2 | North Dakota | #195 | 24 |
| 3 | Minnesota | #237 | 221 |
| 4 | Wisconsin | #280 | 185 |
| 5 | Idaho | #370 | 17 |
| 6 | Iowa | #416 | 59 |
| 7 | Oregon | #451 | 71 |
| 8 | Michigan | #507 | 141 |
| 9 | Utah | #583 | 54 |
| 10 | Kansas | #605 | 22 |
Weakest girls-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arizona | #845 | 23 |
| 2 | Pennsylvania | #821 | 82 |
| 3 | Illinois | #804 | 39 |
| 4 | Tennessee | #802 | 26 |
| 5 | Kentucky | #761 | 33 |
| 6 | Colorado | #749 | 49 |
| 7 | Ohio | #730 | 117 |
| 8 | Indiana | #724 | 74 |
| 9 | Washington | #673 | 96 |
| 10 | Missouri | #640 | 76 |
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2016–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Luella in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.
Variant Forms
| Name | Meaning | Gender | Origin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lulu | Pearls | Female | Arabic |
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Compare Luella to Other Popular Names
Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Luella against today's most popular girls-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).